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(Encyclopedia) SuboticaSuboticas&oomacr;ˌbôˈtĭtsä [key], Ger. Maria Theresiopel or Theresiopel, Hung. Szabadka, city (1991 pop. 100,386), N Serbia, in the Vojvodina region. An important railway…Masaccio
(Encyclopedia) MasaccioMasacciomäzätˈchō [key], 1401–1428?, Italian painter. He is the foremost Italian painter of the Florentine Renaissance in the early 15th cent. Masaccio's original name was…Parmigianino
(Encyclopedia) ParmigianinoParmigianinopärmējänēˈnō [key] or ParmigianoParmigiano–jäˈnō [key], 1503–40, Italian painter and etcher, one of the most sensitive mannerist artists (see mannerism) and one…Milnes, Sherrill Eustace
(Encyclopedia) Milnes, Sherrill Eustace, 1935–, American operatic baritone, b. Downers Grove, Ill., stud. with Boris Goldovsky and Rosa Ponselle. Famous for his powerful yet lyrical voice and his…Lombardo
(Encyclopedia) LombardoLombardolōmbärˈdō [key], Italian family of sculptors and architects. Emigrants from Lombardy c.1470, they were leaders in the architectural Renaissance in Venice. Pietro…Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel
(Encyclopedia) Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel, 1907–73, German physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Hamburg, 1932. Jensen was a professor at the Technical Univ. of Hanover from 1941 to 1949, when he joined the…Quezaltenango
(Encyclopedia) QuezaltenangoQuezaltenangokāsältānängˈgō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 90,801), SW Guatemala. The city is the metropolis of the western highlands (it is 7,500 ft/2,286 m above sea level…Barocci, Federigo
(Encyclopedia) Barocci or Baroccio, FederigoBarocci or Baroccio, Federigofādārēˈgō bärôtˈchē, –chō [key], c.1530–1612, Italian painter, b. Urbino, where he was continually employed throughout his…Cole, Nat “King”
(Encyclopedia) Cole, Nat “King,” 1919–65, American musician and composer, b. Montgomery, Ala., as Nathaniel Adams Coles. A jazz pianist, he played Los Angeles nightclubs and in 1938 formed the King…Camagüey, city, Cuba
(Encyclopedia) Camagüey, city (1995 est. pop. 295,000), capital of Camagüey prov., E Cuba. The island's third most populous city, Camagüey, is a leading hub of rail, road, and air transport as well…Trending
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